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From: "Eric van der Vlist" <vdv@d...> > If we use "web service" for "service available on the web which provides > some metadata that allows you to find or use it", how do we call a > "service available on the web which doesn't provide any metadata that > allows you to find or use it" ? If a resource does not have any discovery or metadata support it is just a resource and does not need any special term. A couple of days ago I commented that not every web service is a (W3C) Web Service. But I think to say that every URL is a web services gets rid of a useful new term, and just means we would need to think of a new one. (Probably an acronym begining with X or W, bless each and every one of us.) Terms evolve, and I don't recall "web services" has ever had a common meaning before. If anyone used "a web service" before, they are being overly germanic in any case, and would be well-advised to say "a service on the web" IMHO, just to prevent the spread of ugly lengthy noun phrases. Cheers Rick Jelliffe Over Length Noun Phrase Prevention Society President
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